Veal v. State

Claimant Johnnie Veal, an inmate of an Illinois penal institution, has brought this action to recover the value of certain items of personal property which he alleges were taken during his incarceration.

On May 26,1984, Claimant, while being re-escorted from the inmates’ dining room and to Claimant’s assigned housing unit, was violently assaulted and beaten to the ground by several attacking inmates who struck Claimant with iron pipes about the head and body area and attempted to stab him with homemade knives. Claimant was immediately escorted to the institution’s hospital for medical…